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Editorial cartoons play a principal role in every newspaper and magazine in Iran,
providing news, analysis, and satire in visual form. Since the presidential
elections in 2009, when Iranian authorities launched an intense crackdown
against journalists, civil society activists, and lawyers, many political
cartoonists began to leave Iran. Those who stayed have adjusted their work to
be more ambiguous, to communicate their message while attempting to
evade government censorship and arrests.

New York, February, 22,
2013--Yet another journalist has been arrested in Iran as part of the broad
crackdown aimed at silencing dissent before Iran's presidential elections in
June, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on
authorities to halt their pattern of imprisoning journalists and instead allow members
of the press to report freely without fear of reprisal.